HSK 6 · Family

新郎 xīnláng “bridegroom” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 新郎 means

  1. bridegroom
  2. groom

How to say 新郎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale新xīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale郎láng2nd tone, rising

新郎 in a sentence

  1. 新郎现在在一家公司工作，新娘是我们的老师。

    Xīnláng xiànzài zài yì jiā gōngsī gōngzuò, xīnniáng shì wǒmen de lǎoshī.

    The groom works for a company now, and the bride is our teacher.

    Sentence #397889 from Tatoeba

  2. 请诸位斟满酒，为新郎和新娘干杯！

    Qǐng zhūwèi zhēnmǎn jiǔ, wèi xīnláng hé xīnniáng gānbēi!

    Please fill your glasses and raise a toast to the bride and groom!

    Sentence #8640260 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 发给好朋友的请帖上有新郎新娘合影的照片。

    Fāgěi hǎo péngyou de qǐngtiě shàng yǒu xīnláng xīnniáng héyǐng de zhàopiàn.

    The invitations sent to close friends have a photo of the bride and groom together.

    Sentence #421182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 新郎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 新 (xīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
新xīnnew
  • 亲relatives · qīn
  • 斤axe · jīn

Memory aidAn axe 斤 cutting wood. It first meant firewood, freshly cut, and so “new”.

The character 郎 (láng) with each of its parts in a different colour
郎lángminister
  • 良good · liáng
  • 阝place

How to write 新郎

新 13 strokes · 郎 8 strokes

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新郎 (xīnláng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 新郎 (xīnláng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 新郎

Words with 新

新xīn · new新鲜xīnxiān · fresh experience新闻xīnwén · news新年xīnnián · New Year重新chóngxīn · again新娘xīnniáng · bride新颖xīnyǐng · novel崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new创新chuàngxīn · innovation更新gēngxīn · to update

More words: People, Body & Health

团圆tuányuán · to be reunited (as a family)娃娃wáwa · baby无赖wúlài · rogue媳妇xífù · daughter-in-law新娘xīnniáng · bride婴儿yīng'ér · baby岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)侄子zhízi · nephew (brother’s son)

FAQs

新郎 (xīnláng) means “bridegroom” or “groom”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnláng: xīn with a 1st tone, then láng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 新郎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinlang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 新郎 from the suggestions. Typing xinlang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
新郎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.